Sony is allegedly interested in buying Kadokawa and is currently in talks. Neither company is willing to put out an official comment on the matter, but two unnamed sources talked to Reuters and apparently gave enough information for Reuters to feel comfortable covering it. If …Read more »
Kadokawa has established a new studio that’s almost ready to start operating within the anime business, and this one will be its fifth overall. Kadokawa announced the formation of Bellnox Films, a new animation production house that’s aiming to get to work starting on July …Read more »
Kadokawa was one of the major sponsors for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics (which actually occurred in 2021 because of the COVID pandemic). However, there were soon accusations that some people at Kadokawa bribed their way into being sponsors. And Toshiyuki Yoshihara, an executive at Kadokawa, …Read more »
On October 5, the company Kadokawa held a press conference in the midst of a scandal involving an alleged bribery to get Kadokawa in as an official sponsor for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Chairman Tsuguhiko Kadokawa, whose father founded the company, ex-Kadokawa executive Toshiyuki Yoshihara …Read more »
It’s being reported by the Japanese news outlet Mainichi Shimbun that Kadokawa chairman Tsuguhiko Kadokawa, whom police believe illegally bribed an ex-member of the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics organizing committee, plans to put in his resignation. The Mainichi Shimbun said it got this information from …Read more »
There’s a scandal going on with the publisher Kadokawa, because people in the company may have bribed the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics organizing committee to become official sponsors. According to reports, Kadokawa chairman Tsuguhiko Kadokawa was arrested by the Tokyo District Public Prosecutor’s Office. In …Read more »
The “KADOKAWA Anime’s Overseas Business Strategy, Case of ISEKAI. and Future Prospects” seminar at TIFFCOM talked all about anime, isekai and how the company wants to get more involved with overseas deals. The two people representing Kadokawa at the seminar were Takeshi Kikuchi, the Kadokawa …Read more »
It’s generally taken publisher Kadokawa six months to a year to get its books published in English, but now it’s looking at digital simultaneous publishing to get things moving faster. At the weekend’s Crunchyroll Expo panel, they mapped out plans to get their books published …Read more »
Takeshi Natsuno at Enjin01 Open College in Nagaoka, in 2011. Photo by Joi Ito The president and CEO of manga publishing giant Kadokawa, Takeshi Natsuno has received heavy criticism in the past week for comments perceived as pro-censorship. On July 21st at an Abema Prime …Read more »
Studio Kadan is a new 3DCG and visual effects anime studio founded by the Kadokawa Corporation. Kadokawa has a 97.5% stake in it. Producer Takeshi Kikuchi has been tapped as the president. Director Hiroyuki Seshita (Knights of Sidonia, Blame!, Levius) is the vice president and …Read more »
A recent episode of the anime Super Cub stirred up some controversy in Japan because it shows an illegal activity. In the episode, it shows two characters riding together on a motorcycle, but one only recently received a motorcycle license. According to Japanese law, you …Read more »
Japanese media company Kadokawa Corporation made a record 209.947 billion yen this past year, which translates to approximately $1.9 billion. It recently declared goals the company has, which include increasing their anime and e-book outputs. They’re hoping to start releasing 40 animated titles a year, …Read more »
Founded by Samuel Pinansky in 2016, light novel publishing service J-Novel Club has made some waves since its launch. Now, the latest announcement is here to reveal that Kadokawa has acquired a majority stake in the company, and aims to have it and Bookwalker work …Read more »
There’s some employment shifting going on in Kadokawa, the Japanese publishing giant. Anime News Network explained that the company is changing its six departments to thirteen groups, and the thirteen groups all have their own chief officer. This includes the position of Chief Anime Officer. …Read more »
As we learned from last year’s AJA report, the international market for anime has expanded rapidly in the recent years, and now makes up almost half of total revenue. With that in mind, anime companies are expanding their efforts abroad. Here’s the most recent example: …Read more »
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